RIP Terry Yorath and Martin Chivers

San Francisco 49ers legend John Brodie has died at the age of 90.

The quarterback was the 1970 NFL MVP and spent all his 17 NFL seasons with the 49ers.

Brodie led the NFL with 2,941 yards and 24 touchdowns during his MVP season and his number 12 jersey was retired by San Francisco when he ended his playing career in 1973.

"The 49ers family is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the franchise's all-time great players, John Brodie," said 49ers co-chairman Dr John York.

"As a kid, my 49ers fandom began by watching John play quarterback on television. He displayed an incredible commitment toward his teammates and his support of the organisation never wavered after his playing days.

RIP John Virgo.

His catchphrase:

Where's the cueball going?

Unfortunately there is no footage of his 1979 UK Championship win over Terry Griffiths where he was docked two frames for being late as there was an strike by the BBC.

It was only 17 days ago, he was commentating on the final of the Masters between Kyren Wilson and John Higgins.

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, has died at the age of 86.

Rand secured the long jump title at the Tokyo Games in 1964, also winning silver in the inaugural women's pentathlon and bronze in the 4x100m relay

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger has died at the age of 48 after his car was struck by a train.

Manninger made 64 appearances for Arsenal between 1997 and 2002, winning the Premier League and FA Cup.

He won 33 caps for Austria and was part of the squad that featured at Euro 2008 in his home country.

"Alexander Manninger was an outstanding ambassador for Austrian football, both on and off the pitch," said Austrian Football Association sporting director Peter Schottel.

Jaysus that’s wild like!

Former Blackburn Rovers player and coach Tony Parkes has died, aged 76.

Parkes was synonymous with Rovers after playing and working for them for 34 years.

He made over 400 appearances as a midfielder before going on to work under 16 different managers, including Kenny Dalglish during the Premier League title-winning season in 1994-95.

Parkes also had six different spells as caretaker manager for Rovers before he left in 2004.

Former Formula 1 driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has died at the age of 59.

The Italian had both his legs amputated after a motor racing accident in 2001 at the Lausitzring track in Germany.

He raced for Jordan, Minardi and Lotus in F1 in the early 1990s before switching to the Cart championship in the United States, winning the series in 1997 and 1998.

Following his injury he took up handcycling and won two golds in the Paralympics in London in 2012 before doing the same in Rio de Janeiro four years later.

"It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing of Alessandro Zanardi, which occurred suddenly yesterday evening, 1 May," Zanardi's family announced.

RIP Alex Zanardi.

Scotland rugby great, Scott Hastings, has died aged 61.

Sad to hear, always remember both brothers playing for Scotland when I was younger.

NASCAR legend Kyle Busch has died aged 41, after a short, severe illness.

He won his last race exactly 7 days ago and said this - “Take what you can get man, you never know when the last one’s gonna be. Cherish ’em all. Trust me.”

Big blow, I was very emotional yesterday. He was my favorite driver when I was really into NASCAR from about 2008 to 2021. Nobody wanted to win more than Kyle. He was often compared to Dale Earnhardt because of that. He is considered as one of the best wheelmen to ever be in a race car of any kind. Basically the sport's Senna in that regard.

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I would really like to have seen what Busch could do in top level open wheeled single seaters but we never really got to see that. Few tintop drivers these days can make the transition successfully, but he might have been one to buck the trend. Unfortunately, without that I can't personally put him alongside the likes of Andretti, Gurney or Foyt but there's no doubt he's among the all time top 10 stock car drivers.

He was very close to running in the Indy 500 twice, 2017 and 2022. He had everything set up in both occasions, but was vetoed by his NASCAR ownder Joe Gibbs in 2017 and sponsorship situations fell through at the last moment in 2022.